| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) | Kidney International | 2005 | 2,836 |
| 2 | The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology | Kidney International | 1999 | 2,817 |
| 3 | Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19 | Kidney International | 2020 | 2,075 |
| 4 | Chronic kidney disease after acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Kidney International | 2012 | 1,657 |
| 5 | Advanced oxidation protein products as a novel marker of oxidative stress in uremia | Kidney International | 1996 | 1,619 |
| 6 | Definition, evaluation, and classification of renal osteodystrophy: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) | Kidney International | 2006 | 1,586 |
| 7 | Strong association between malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis in chronic renal failure | Kidney International | 1999 | 1,498 |
| 8 | Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (KIM-1): A novel biomarker for human renal proximal tubule injury | Kidney International | 2002 | 1,488 |
| 9 | Cisplatin nephrotoxicity: Mechanisms and renoprotective strategies | Kidney International | 2008 | 1,476 |
| 10 | Development and progression of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes: The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 64) | Kidney International | 2003 | 1,429 |
| 11 | Renal histopathological analysis of 26 postmortem findings of patients with COVID-19 in China | Kidney International | 2020 | 1,388 |
| 12 | Review on uremic toxins: Classification, concentration, and interindividual variability | Kidney International | 2003 | 1,379 |
| 13 | Inflammation enhances cardiovascular risk and mortality in hemodialysis patients | Kidney International | 1999 | 1,335 |
| 14 | Sevelamer attenuates the progression of coronary and aortic calcification in hemodialysis patients | Kidney International | 2002 | 1,316 |
| 15 | International standardization of criteria for the histologic diagnosis of renal allograft rejection: The Banff working classification of kidney transplant pathology | Kidney International | 1993 | 1,305 |
| 16 | The classification of glomerulonephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus revisited | Kidney International | 2004 | 1,272 |
| 17 | Prevalence of abnormal serum vitamin D, PTH, calcium, and phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease: Results of the study to evaluate early kidney disease | Kidney International | 2007 | 1,244 |
| 18 | Foreword | Kidney International | 2009 | 1,242 |
| 19 | Time trends in reported prevalence of kidney stones in the United States: 1976–199411.See Editorial by Goldfarb, p. 1951. | Kidney International | 2003 | 1,239 |
| 20 | Impact of epoetin alfa on clinical end points in patients with chronic renal failure: A meta-analysis | Kidney International | 2004 | 1,202 |
| 21 | A mechanistic analysis of the National Cooperative Dialysis Study (NCDS) | Kidney International | 1985 | 1,145 |
| 22 | The contribution of chronic kidney disease to the global burden of major noncommunicable diseases | Kidney International | 2011 | 1,105 |
| 23 | Clinical and echocardiographic disease in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy | Kidney International | 1995 | 1,094 |
| 24 | Modified RIFLE criteria in critically ill children with acute kidney injury | Kidney International | 2007 | 1,093 |
| 25 | Acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 | Kidney International | 2020 | 1,073 |
| 26 | Obesity-related glomerulopathy: An emerging epidemic | Kidney International | 2001 | 1,049 |
| 27 | Limitations of creatinine as a filtration marker in glomerulopathic patients | Kidney International | 1985 | 1,040 |
| 28 | The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: rationale, clinicopathological correlations, and classification | Kidney International | 2009 | 1,028 |
| 29 | Reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in maintenance dialysis patients | Kidney International | 2003 | 1,022 |
| 30 | The elephant in uremia: Oxidant stress as a unifying concept of cardiovascular disease in uremia | Kidney International | 2002 | 1,012 |
| 31 | Fibroblast growth factor 23 is elevated before parathyroid hormone and phosphate in chronic kidney disease | Kidney International | 2011 | 1,004 |
| 32 | Exosomes/microvesicles as a mechanism of cell-to-cell communication | Kidney International | 2010 | 995 |
| 33 | A study of the quality of life and cost-utility of renal transplantation | Kidney International | 1996 | 987 |
| 34 | Hyperuricemia induces endothelial dysfunction | Kidney International | 2005 | 968 |
| 35 | Renal fibrosis: New insights into the pathogenesis and therapeutics | Kidney International | 2006 | 909 |
| 36 | The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: pathology definitions, correlations, and reproducibility | Kidney International | 2009 | 892 |
| 37 | Fluid accumulation, survival and recovery of kidney function in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury | Kidney International | 2009 | 888 |
| 38 | Epidemiology of acute renal failure: A prospective, multicenter, community-based study | Kidney International | 1996 | 844 |
| 39 | Proteinuria, a target for renoprotection in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: Lessons from RENAAL | Kidney International | 2004 | 842 |
| 40 | Factors influencing serum cystatin C levels other than renal function and the impact on renal function measurement | Kidney International | 2004 | 836 |
| 41 | Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora | Kidney International | 2013 | 828 |
| 42 | Ureteral obstruction as a model of renal interstitial fibrosis and obstructive nephropathy | Kidney International | 2009 | 811 |
| 43 | Nephrotoxicity of ionic and nonionic contrast media in 1196 patients: A randomized trial | Kidney International | 1995 | 805 |
| 44 | Survival predictability of time-varying indicators of bone disease in maintenance hemodialysis patients | Kidney International | 2006 | 804 |
| 45 | KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases | Kidney International | 2021 | 782 |
| 46 | Spectrum of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit: The PICARD experience | Kidney International | 2004 | 763 |
| 47 | HK-2: An immortalized proximal tubule epithelial cell line from normal adult human kidney | Kidney International | 1994 | 760 |
| 48 | Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. A collaborative meta-analysis of high-risk population cohorts | Kidney International | 2011 | 759 |
| 49 | Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy 2016: an update from the IgA Nephropathy Classification Working Group | Kidney International | 2017 | 748 |
| 50 | IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good, the bad, and the ugly | Kidney International | 2005 | 738 |
